The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

World's largest Christmas store.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.